Mountmellick Library
Summer Stars 2021:
We are delighted to be starting our Summer Stars reading adventure again this year. Call into Mountmellick Library pick out books to read over the summer and you’ll get a free bag and activity booklet with fun things to do. When your reading card is filled out with 8 books you will get more rewards and be in a draw for a back pack. If you want to be a Super Star reader read 8 more and be in a draw for a bike sponsored very kindly by Halford’s. Read 8 hours together as a family and enter the golden ticket prize draw for a family pass to Tayto park. This programme is free for all children. So drop into Mountmellick Library and sign up! We’re looking forward to seeing you at the library.
Story Stroll in Mountmellick playground:
Mountmellick Library is delighted to bring the library service outdoors this summer. As part of the Summer Stars reading programme, Jennifer Farley’s book, “Scout’s Best Day Ever” will be coming to Mountmellick playground from June 19th to 16th July. The book will be up on boards so families can walk around and read the book about Scout’s travels around Ireland from Dublin to Donegal! Pick up a quiz at your local library (or print form home see pdf below) and pick up a postcard to write or colour in! Drop them back to the library! Send in photographs to Facebook Mountmellick Library of your stroll and postcard. We’d love to see them!
Laois County Library Service ‘Storywalk’ is supported by Creative Laois as part of the Creative Ireland Programme (2017-2022) in partnership with Laois County Council.
Family Town Trial:
Another outdoor event for the summer is the family town trail around Mountmellick Town. Follow the map and answer the quiz on the other side of the page. Pick up the trail at Mountmellick Library or print at home from the pdf below. Drop completed trails back into the library for a small prize.
Craft bags:
We’re missing our craft table mornings here in the library so over the summer we’ll be giving out free craft bags. They will be for different ages (3-5, 6-9, 10-12) different weeks so keep an eye on Facebook Mountmellick Library for updates. Send in photographs of your completed crafts so we can put them up on Facebook!
Short Story Competition:
To enter, write a story using the following opening line: “Of all the places in the world, I never thought I would be here.” Finish the story to enter this year’s Summer Stars short story competition! Summer Stars is celebrating your imagination by running a short story competition. The competition is open to 6-18 year olds living in the Republic of Ireland. There are three age categories: age 6-9, age 10-14, age 15-18. There will be 15 finalists in each category and one national winner from each category. Each category winner will receive a Tablet. Each finalist in all categories will receive a €50 voucher. That’s a lot of great prizes and a lot of chances to win so let your imagination fly and start writing today!
Stories must be no longer than 500 words. The competition is open for entries from 14th June to 31st August. Entrants can submit as many stories as they wish. All entries to be submitted
in digital copy (e.g. Word, PDF) to summerstarsstory@lgma.ie by 5pm on 31st August.
Hard copies will not be eligible.
In the email, entrants must include:
NAME
AGE
CONTACT PERSON
CONTACT NUMBER
NAME OF LOCAL LIBRARY SERVICE.
Other events:
Each family in the Mountmellick area should have received a brochure through their school with all the online events and how to register. There is something for everybody from dance, coding, dinosaurs, dogs and slime workshops. If you haven’t received a brochure or are home schooling then drop into the library to pick one up!
Send in your photographs from the trail and story walk or doing the crafts so they can be put on Facebook. There will be loads of prizes so don’t forget to drop in your completed reading card at the end of the summer.
Library online events
Baby Book Club Online: this is for 0-3 year olds and aims to support sound awareness using action rhymes, songs and stories. Sound (phonological) awareness is a key building block of literacy continues ion the Facebook Mountmellick page on Tuesdays at 10.30 a.m. until Tuesday 20th July.
Opening Times
Tuesday 10.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m and 2.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Wednesday 10.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m. and 2.00- 5.30 p.m.
Thursday 10.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m. and 2.00- 5.30 p.m.
Friday 10.00 a.m – 1.00 p.m and 2.00- 5.00 p.m.
Saturday 10.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.*
The library closes from 1-2pm for lunch.
*Closed on Saturdays of Bank Holiday Weekend
For more information about any of our events, please feel free to contact the library at 05786-44572. And don’t forget to follow us on Facebook